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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
MODERN PROPHECY

People In theif enthusiasm sometimes do
some very foolish things The Presiden
tial party started on their long heralded
western trip yesterday morning. They
passed through Pittsburg yesterday after
noon and the ladies of the W. G. T. U.
presented Mrs. Cleveland with beautiful
floral offering inscribed, Gin thee shall all
the nations of the earth be blessed" This
is one of the most familiar Of the Old
Testament prophecies and plainly refers to
the birth of Christ 1t was made first to
Abraham and repeated to his descendants
AS a son of Mrs Cleveland would be only
an ordinary citizen the application of the
prophecy to her is ridiculous, not to say
biasphem ous-Kipgman Courier.
People prompted by prejudice sometime
let their mouths Tor pens) go off half cock
ed, so to speak. Without discussing the
probable promptipgs Of the enthusiastic
ladies mentioned. we come to speak a
word as to the prophecy. We think the
aforesaid ladies drew pretty largely from
the imaginative in applying the divine
benediction to Sarah of old to the
young wife Of the president
though we don't think they
meant to be profane. How do we know
but that they intended the expression in the
sense that it might have been applied to
the wife of our first martyred president
And who would have questioned the ap-
propriateness of 1t thus applied?
So far as the public know there is no
immediate prospect of fulfillment of the
prophecy as to progeny, but we must sd-
NIT that, humanity speaking, the chances
are decidedly In favor Of Frances as com
pared to Sarah's But concede all these
points and yet we think the prophecy
In this last case is long way
from fulfillment. If the blessing is to
come through male offspring and imme-
diately, and he should imbibe the notions
and impulses Of his father, our conviction
Is that the blessing to the world, or even
the fraction of 1t circumscribed by the
boundaries of the United States, will be OF
a very transitory not 10 say doubtful char
acter. But who can say that such thing
is impc ssible, even in view Of the presen,
division of political sentiment IN this coun.
try? The blessing may come in after
years by the commingling of political
blood, even as 1t did in the case first men
toned, where the prophecy was literally
fulfi lied through the smslgsmstlon of the
Hebrew and Gentle Politically speaking
the prepopdersnce of good Is with the Re
publicans and the reverse with the Demo
Gratis, but We will not say that those quail
ties are so located exclusively.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
GENERAL GRANTS BOY

Louisville Courier JournsL DEM.
The Democrats who expect TO defeat
Colonel Fred Grant-recently nominated
for secretary of state in New York-be
cause he Is the son of his father, will
awske, when perhaps 1t is too late, to the
fact that they have made mistake
In the first place. it is no discredit, sure
II, TO be the son of General Grant.
In the second place. Colonel Grant was
last winter nominated to most important
office by Democratic governor of
New York We must assume
that In some manner he has
demonstrated some fitness for public
service In order to secure such a tribute
from political opponent Finally, Colonel
Grant Is 8 young man Of character and ca
pacity; slow, herhaps, 10 mental growth,
as was his father, but by no means lacking
In intelligence or In education. He has
been subjected to many trials and his ex-
perierce has rounded his character and
given him force and confidence. He Is en-
titled personally TO the same consideration
We show TO other young men IN politics.
and or his own merits he jGstifes the con
sideratiOn
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

To the delegates in attendance at the
Democratic state convention at Saratoga.
all and several, the New York World put.
1t says, three questions. 1t asked each
man whom he wanted nominated for pres
ident next year, what he thought the labor
vote would be In the state this fall. and
what he thought the prohibition vote
would be. Of 1856 delegates 100 said they
wanted Cleveland, 43 wanted Hill, two
wanted Hewitt lone wanted Thurman, one
wanted Fl. G Grant land who may he ben,
and 12S were "non-committal. The
highest estimation of the labor vote in the
state this year was $50, 600; the lowest was
10000; 70 delegates thought it would
reach or pass $4,000: 119 thought It
al delegates were ''non-com-
initial" the highest estimate of the prohi
bition vote was 100000, the lowest 6, 900;
1913 delegates guessed 10000 or over, 67
guessed no. If they knew themselves, and
l12 declined to guess at all.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
KANSAS KINKS.

Emporia has new newspaper, the Dali
ly Democrat.
We have q scheme discussed looking 10
the building Of railroad from Ell Dorado
to Leon. 1t is good scheme and should
receive encouragement Dorado Re
publican.
Sallna ladies attending theatrical enter.
tainments almost unanimously remove
their hats for which the gentlemen of thai
city return sincere thanks.
J. W. Hutchinson visited Sumner coun
| ty Yesterday. He informs US that the far
mers have sown great deal of wheat II
Sumner Every field he noticed showed
an excellent stand, being six and eigh
inches high.-Dispatch.
Now is the time when the wise mar
| ploweth around his hay stacks, but the
| foolish saith there's time enough yet,
when, 10, the fame cometh riding on 6
cow-cbip-and the horse and the donkey
mule are without provender for the winter
Cashier.
What Is the present TOWNSHIP of Loot
was prairie dog town. This booming
city derived its name from small flower
that flourished only in dog towns Greedy
County Tribune, Tribune, Gr-oh, Its too
confounded long.
By the Southern Kansas coming into
possession of the Santa Fe the Adams ex-
press company is crowded out west OF
Wellington by the Wells Fargo express
company. This closes the Anthony office
Of this company.-Republican.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
PURITY OF REASONING.

WICHITA, Sept. 80, 1887.
To the Editor 81 the Eagle
An ERRONEOUS and Illogical comp srison Is
being made by placing the punishment of
True, the msnslaughter, along 81 de of that
of Stewart, the beer monser. They say
that for the crime of murder the offender
gets but three years Imprisonment, while
the poor devil who deals out glass of
beer Is numerically sentenced 10 serve a
term of seventeen years In The county jail
and then they cry out: 20. consistency,
thou art indeed jewels Why, It is
revival os the hsrhsrous; blot upon the
good name of Kansas q"
Let US see whether there be any incnn
sistency or rot In the measure Of punish
ment provided In the two csses. Let US
compare upon correct basis. Take the
minimum punishment In each case
For manslsugh,er In the third
degree. three years imprisonment For
esch and awful sale of intoxicating
iqsors thirty days in jill snd fine Of 500
In the Siewsr, case the thirty days In iail
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

New Jersey appears TO be bsdly OF for
educational facilities. Thirty-eight thou
sand children between seven and twelve
years of age do not attend school, chiefly
for want of school accommodations. and
nearly IS, 900 attend less than twenty
weeks In the year. The building of school
houses does not keep pace with the growth
of population. This brings out In bold
contrast the superior advantages In this as
In many other respects possessed by the
younger states, especially Kansas, over
many of the older ones.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
MORE ACCUSATIONS.

The Topeka Capital is out in another
string of unfounded accusations against the
EAGLE. That paper contented itself in the
first place by declaring that the EAGLE was
announcing officials for endeavoring to en-
force the prohibition law, but afterwards
claimed that the EAGLE was not only CD.
posed to the prohibition law but In favor
of whisky joints. It now catalogues us
with Most, Schaub and Spies. That set
| ties 1t. As we are In favor of hanging
the aforesaid gentleman we are left without
an excuse for our own neck. But after all
1t seems just little rough that the lies be-
gotten of fanaticsl phrenzy and cranky de
lerium should be permitted to
do their dire WORK. 1t matters
not that the EAGLE has stood against
the open saloon, abhored the Internal
iniquity known as tie whisky joint, that
we have stood for churches, schools and
religion, temperance, morality and virtue
That muat all go for nothing now that we
can't endorse law coined of the feverish
brain of onesided u1en. In the thought
that ''the wheel of time is rolling for an
end, and that the world is, In all great
essentials, better, gentler, more forbearipg,
and more hopeful as it rolls" and, as we
have worked along for the good of our
fellow man, with hope, glimmering as
faint star, but still glimmering, that may be
at some time, in the far off centuries, In a
cline but dreamed Of. and in home of
perfection, there might be a happy meeting
with those who have been a part of our
own life, we have kept up In
our feeble way. But when our
whole life and all its sentiments of good
can, by the simple twist of wrist, be not
only set at naught but be convicted into
actual bad because we failed TO uncom-
plainingly submit to the kicks of one, who,
as friend, had been elevated to the gov
ernorship of the state, then what Is there
left to hope for? The Capitals reittera-
lions are not worth quoting. The EAGLE
uiu ucHOuuCS .uC CACCutisC CouuCu anu
the commission law. Outside of little
three line squib, which was intended for,
and was joke on its face, the EAGLE
never WARNED the attorney general to stay
away from Wichita, nor did the EAGLE
ridicule his visits. All Of the Capitals
and monstrous mouthings are
If wrong impressions or deliberate false
hoods. There were no more whisky joints
n Wichita than In Topeka at the time of
Martins action, and those who honestly .
lain differently are ignorant or misled
The Capital making statement to the con !.
rary simply knowingly falsifies, and just
S barefacedly as 1t does when in its issue
Sunday Ii says ''the EAGLE avoids con-
GINNING the law, but denounces the Of
Gals who are endeavoring to secure its
And SO 1t goes on all the
ay through, flying off the handle over
lere impressions and In utter ignorance of a.
le EAGLES course or otherwise, it coolly, Il
llmly and maliciously sets about its .
alevolent work with the same lever ~
hich has not only elevated SO many TN. ie
orthy bypocr.tes into places of power, ="
1t which is expected to rule or ruin the ~
epublican party Of Kansas as 1t defeated y.
natl onally three years ago,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

We suggest TO the publisher of the
Greeley County Tribune. published at
Tribu ne, Greeley county, ths pgppriety of
changing the name either Of his paper or
ofthe town. First thing he knows he will
be expounding some Horatlan logic and
when the other newspaper fellers go to
give credit-they always give credit to
copied articles in Kansas-they are liable
to get It mixed
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
WHY THANKFUL.

Under the head. Let Us be Thankful,
the Baltimore Herald a few days sgc
published the following:
Summer has turned the corner. Blu,
the terror of the intense heat and the sor
row of grief-stricken homes. consequent
upon the unusual weather, tell. US of that
magnified misery snd many woes and mis-
fortunes which shall forever mark the
devastation Of 1887. The old have crum-
bled swsy under the fiery ordeal, and the
wee, born children, Under the budding
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The further Mr. Gladstone pushes his
researches into Irish history the more
astonished he feels at his own previous
transformation, and the more richeously
indignant at the methods employed TO de-
prive the people OF Ireland of their par
lament Each new utterance or publica-
tor of his on the subject makes 1t palmer
that In his own view he is now engaged In
An effort 10 make tardy PREPARATION for an
old and exceptionally flsgrsnt wrong.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The rolls of the house of representatives
hftieth congress will show 100 Democrats
and Isl Republicans, with four indie
pendents." Three of the latter are said to
have Republican lesnings, and one, Demo
cratic. There are four vacancies, three of
which are likely 10 be filed by Republi
cans. If the rolls shall be finally made up
according to that estimate 1t will bring 8
vote of the house pretty close TO tie, but
close don't count, more's the pity In this
case
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The mystery Of the disappearance of the
little girl at Amherst last spring seems now
to be solved by another girl who says they
were playing together. The lost one fell
into the river, and the survivor waited I'M
til now to tell, for fear of being punished.
It's queer and pitiful story, and one
would think the wrong child fell In. Ger
tainly the one that is left will be of little
use In the world until she has more sense
than now appears.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

In the year 1888 c. w. Mckinney, of
Butler county, knowing the law fol
lowed neighbor for three miles to kill
him; he was found guilty of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to be
hanged; there were no mitigating circum-
stances connected with the case, yet few
weeks ago he received FIJI pardon and
now walks the earth with freedom and Sc
curity from molestation. There is some
thing radically wrong with the Kansas
system of punishment for violation Of
laws.-Newton Ksnsan
Respectfully referred.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

One of the newsiest exchanges we have
received for sometime is the Sunday
Growler, published at Wichita, Kas, r.
i. Ryan, editor We are free TO say that
the Growler Is at the head In its particular
hne.-Zionville Sentinel.
A very neat and accurate estimate of our
rest-day mel ghbor, In view Of the fact that
1t Is both ends and the middle Of the. line.
All the same, we all say the same.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

There was law in Virginia hundred
years ago that made voting compulsory.
At present there Is custom, If not law,
that makes some vote as the political mas
tiers dictate. The American idea should
be to let every intelligent citizen vote &C
cording to his own convictions. And
those who are not intelligent enough to
have independent convictions ought never
To vote
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Gas regards MIR. Donnelly's theories
bout Shakespeare, says Prof. John Fiske,
In letter to the World, 81 have only to
say that if a man really likes to amuse
himself with such stuff, / can see no OBJ
lection. 1t keeps him busy and Is far less
dangerous Than if he were TO NEEDLE with
questions about labor and capital
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The clearing house statement of the
leading commercial cities of the country
for last week shows Wichita's ratio of in,
crease Of business over the corresponding
week last year more than double that of the
next highest in the list, which is Indianap-
oils. There are seven cities that lead Kan
sas City, whereat the local papers of that
town are as dumb as clans.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The government expended, in its efforts
to teach Indian children during the year
closing June 80, 1856, the sum Of $1,211.
AIS, supporting PA schools, with force
Of 703 employees, while in contract schools
were pro badly as many more employees.
The largest monthly attendance was 10,
316, and the average attendance was 9,52S,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Why have Democratic president, If the
Republicans are to have all the offices?
T hey might as well have the president, too.
Why not?-Topeka Democrat
For the answer see the election returns
If November 1888
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

The Wichita EAGLE is doctoring for a
bad case of census collie" and appeals to
DR., William Sims State Journal.
You see there's where you're wrong. We
were only recommending the doctor and
his remedy to you'ns at Topeky thus affiict
ed. We still think the recommendation
rnoH
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Holders of trade dollars, If there are any
now in this country besides Uncle San
himself, will take notice that the time IL
which the government were to redeem then
at par expired September 4, then dropping
back for commercial purposes to their for
mer s. cent level The total csinage OF
trade dollars was $35, 965, 924. The di
rector of the mint, in his report for 1886,
estimates that 30.500, 900 of these coins
were exported or taken out of the country
by returning Chinese, about half million
remelted by the United States minis, and a
little over 81. 900, 060 reimported. He esti-
mated the number of trade dollars in this
country at time when the redemption act
was still under consideration In congress to
be 1866 1893. The humber actually pre-
sented for redemption is surprisingly near
this estimate, being up to the present time
just 1927 S73. A few may still be cut
standing, but their number must be incon-
and the trade dollar REDEMPTION
may be regarded as substantially accomp-
lfshed. Those In the hands of individuals
will doubtless be held as souvenirs, as they
will be more valuable after a while to col
lections of rare coins than for the intrinsic
worth they possess.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

In speech DR.. McGlynn recently pro
po funded this wonderful conundrum:
whelmed by the mystery of myself, and i
often wake up and ask, who am II
Why? Where? Whither2
Go to, McGlynn, nobody knows, and so
far as your whittier" is concerned, very
few care.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Again. we make prediction: Democ
racy in Ohio and New York will be so
badly beaten In November that it will take
q derrick to dig up the remains OF the
Cleveland boom-Demecratic Elk.
Exactly; precisely; to dot.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
NO SCMPTUARY LEGISLATION FOR
THEM
Philadelphia Press.

Colonel Henry Wat;ersOn's st.emp. to
populsrize the Ten Cou.Tnandmsn,s 10 Ken
lucky by repuhlishing them IN the Courier
Journal hiss resulted In fsilure Of the
mos. dismal description. The Kentucky
Democracy denounces rhe Commandments
as sumptuary legislation. 10 which the
party Is opposed az sill times and under all
cir cunstancez.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Last session the New York legislature
voted "a 500 for monument to be erected
at Gettysburg to commemorate the hero
ism of the Irishmen who fought and fell
In the famous battle a committee Of
members Of the Irish Brigade met to view
designs by various artists and to pass judg-
ment upon them. A decision has not been
reached, but there is no doubt that suit
able plan will be chosen from several
eligible drawings submitted, and, as an
additional sum will be raised by subscrip-
ton, the shaft will be worthy In all ways
of the sum and the land to which 1t will
do honor.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

Every man, woman and child in the state
knows Topeka Is larger city than Wichita
by at least 10000, The official returns on
the population of Kansas cities, given by
the state board Of agriculture are very mis-
leading Topeka Democrat.
Every man, woman and child In the state
who can read and understand figures knows
that Wichita has thousands more people
than Topeka. We know that the returns
mentioned are misleading, for they only
give Wichita thirty one thousand and some
hundred, when an accurate count would
show ten thousand more people here We
know the facts are as gall to our more pre-
tentious elders, but they might as well gulp
down the draught and make the best of it
they can. They have to.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05

1t is gratifying sight to see the iron
and steel making capacity of the entire
country fully employed. 1t is pleasing
also to note the conservative tendency
among both producers and consumers
Receipts of foreign material are uncomfort
ably large for American makers, and the
condition of things will be remedied just
as rapidly as circumstances will permit.
An enormous demand Is pressing
on producing capacity for rails, rail
fastenings, locomotives, cars and equip
ments of every character. There is also q
heavy demand for electrical appliances
among railway managers, and the erection
of electrical plants in the West is being
stimulated.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
bloom of hope, have suffocated in the
excruciating misery Of terrible whitening

bloom of hope, have suffocated in the
excruciating misery Of terrible whitening
heat
OH the fraiIty and insignificance OF
man. A few more degrees of heat and 8
few more days of Its continuance and the
earth would have been depopulated-with
no mourners to follow the funeral train,
and no historian to recount the mournful
sorrows of the silent havoc of the element.
Such Is the climate that whole city
full complains of. A summer passed with
Its terrible sufferings, discomforts and
death records, we cannot wonder that an
unanimous expression of thankfulness
goes up from the oppressed when the cool
days of autumn come to give relief. But
this only for little season. Soon the cold
winds and driving sleet will destroy all of
the comforts Of the balmy and refreshing
Indian summer. Thus it Is seen there is
very little TO be thankful for very long
Here is the advantage of our Southern
Sunny Kansas. The climate Is always
good. We can, therefore, be thankful
continually that whether it be summer or
winter, health, comfort and all the salu-
brious elements of the fairest climate on
earth are ours.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-19
CONDENSED NEWS,

James G. Strawn, a noted stock dealer,
died Friday morning on his farm in Morgan
county, Illinois.
On the ground that the money is used to
purchase police bludgeons, Archbishop Croke
advocates the non-payment Of taxes in Ire.
land
r. I. Gill, who last month accepted the
postmastership at Atlanta, Ills, killed him.
self with morphine He had lost large for
| tune in speculation.
The Meier Iron works, .erected opposite
about to be started up, after having been
idle for several years.
| A grain commission firm in Milwaukee re.
ports having received from the agent Of the
German government at New York an inquiry
as to the terms for 200. 0JO bushels of oats
| An investiga ting committee sent by the
Michigan legislature To Lyons, the deluged
| town, will recommend the immediate appro.
| priation of a, 900 for the relief of eighty
nine homeless families.
| A court at Winnipeg has released Howard
| Blackstone, VINO embezzleed $50, 900 from the
Canal National bank of Portland, Maine
Extradition was refused because bis offens<
was wrongfully alleged to be forgery.
1t transpires that Col James H. Rion, who
died in South Carolina last December, de
elared on bis deathbei that he was the son Of
the daupbin of France, who would hav,
been Loais XVII but for the French revolu
ton.
Lester Wallack gratefully declined ben
eft rendered by Booth, Barrett, Jefferson
and Mrs, Langtry, in the production o.
Hamlet" which might have realized SIS,
600 He offered to accept dinner on hi
return from Florida
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-19
Pythian Anniversary,

To-day is the twenty-fourth anniversary
of the organization of the Knights of
Pythias, and the founding Of the jrris-
diction Of Illinois. In honor OF the event,
st. Paul lodge No. 107, after its meeting
at 1890 last night, repaired to Haw-
thorne's restaurant, where all elaborate
supperwas served ,one which reflected cul-
mary skill in preparation and Of which the
Knights partook with infinite sstisfact.
ion. The anniversary in the Pythian
calendar could not have been observed
with more fitness and pleasure.
There is a probability that a uniform
rank Of this order will be established in
Rock Island before the quarter cent
ury anniversary rolls around.